The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-04
FACT AND FANCY.


A geological survey Of Lower California is to
be made.
The Salvation Army has Invaded Winnipeg,
Manitoba.
There are 6033 Grand Army posts in tn,
United States.
A horse was sold for 81 nj Laurlpburg n.
g., few days ago.
Bananas are now being raised in the vicinity
of Phoenix, Arizona.
There are 60 600 head of fat cattle ready for
the market in Nevada.
In Bangor, the chief city of the prohibition
state of Maine, there are l40 saloons.
A state agricultural college is to be estab-
lished at Corvallis, Oregon, this year.
The Indians in the neighborhood of Nevada
City, Cal, build houses and own wagons and
cattle.
Cougars have made their appearance III
large numbers lately in the Blue mountains OF
Oregon.
Tennessee's pennu, crop of 1896 is worth
500, 900 The average yield per acre Is forty
two bushels.
A citizen of Winsted, Conn, has been offer
ed $1,000 year for the use Of his process for
hardening steel
+. j. Kennedy, aged Is years, was arrested
at Sacramento, Cal, one day last week for
robbing the mails.
An Indian reservation Of 1900 acres IN
North Carolina is occupied by about three
thousand Cherokees
New York sportsmen are considering the
project of stocking that state with quails i'm
ported from the west.
1t is reported that depredatlons are commit
ted in Sonora, Mexico, by Indians who escap
ed from Geronmo's band.
In North Carolina II is estimated that forty
thousand persons follow the business oil col
lectng herbs for the market
The prohlbitionists Of Brooklyn, n. Y, arc
making arrangements for mass-meeting at
the Academy OF Music Feb. B.
The postmistress at Abbeville, S. G., recent
" slaughtered, unaided, three hogs whose
combined weight was S14 pounds.
A man at Tuarc, Cal, lately decided piece
of property to his wife In consideration OF
'loye and affection in hand paid"
Fourteen clocks keep the time at the state
house in Augusta, Me-, all eight-day. Two
OF the clocks are over 10 years of age.
In Italy wine has never been known to be so
cheap as II is now. In one part of the king
dom white wine sells for cents gallon.
A bill now before the state Legislature OF
Tennessee makes IL criminal offense tc
preach poygamous doctrines in that state.
The ages Of the six members of the council
at Talbotton, Ga, aggregate $50 years The
Youngest member is A. years old, the eldest So
The University of California now employs
one hundred persons rs professors, instructors
demonstrators, etc. The number OF students
is 4S0.
Mrs. Lucy Luther. of East Haddam, Conn.,,
was 1903 years old Saturday, and Mrs. Eliza
beth Buck, of Wetherheld, Conn.,, will be that
old next Monday.
Washoe lake, Nevada, is alive with ducks,
and hunting parties from all parts OF the Pa
cinc coast are on the grounds, slaughterine
the birds 10y Wholesale
There were 1900 different strikes in York
state during the year ending November l.
1886. OF these strikes 33l we're for an increase
of wages and IA were successful.
There are eighteen thousand operatives en-
gagged in the shirt, cuff and collar trade OF
Troy, N. Y, and the amount Of their wages
for year amounts to nearly 100000
A Montana convict recently put some con
cen.rated I've into the coffee which he was
serving to the prisoners, and strange to say,
they thought II was great Improvement
A new bath-house at Berlin which is to
combine ancient and modern luxurios, viii
have laundry in which guests can have their
clothes washed and ironed while they are
bathing.
The stockman in San Diego county, Callfot'
MIA, are Offering 81 each for coyote scalps and
SO for those OF wildcats. The animals are
very troublesome to horses cattle, and sheep
In that locality.
Jennie Callahan was recently excommunr
Gated by the rector OF the Church OF Our
Lady Of the Valley at Orange, N. j., because
she was married TO A. B. Fletcher, Protes-
ant by magistrate.
Over fifteen hundred jack-rabbits were killed
in Tehama county, California, during the past,
month for the bounty paid for their scalps
The rabbits do great deal OF damage TO the
fruit trees in that locality.
One Of the banks at Atlanta, Ga, which
loaned nearly a million dollars last year lost
only about 5000 OF that amount, strong proof
that the people in that section of the country
are pretty good debt-payers.
A number Of geological specimens have been
discovered in excavations at coal-mine near
Santa Rosa, Cal, among them beds Of clam
shells, looking fresh and bright, as II just
taken from their native bed.
Erank Cushing who created n sensation hN